Development's Displacements : Ecologies, Economies and Cultures at Risk

Vandergeest, Peter (EDT); Idahosa, Pablo (EDT); Bose, Pablo S. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0774812052 / ISBN 13: 9780774812054

Published by UBC Press, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Development's Displacements : Ecologies, Economies and Cultures at Risk
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774812052
• ISBN 13: 9780774812054
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

As multilateral agencies, social movements, and state authorities worldwide struggle to cope with the effects of large-scale development projects, the problem of displacement remains unresolved. This volume seeks to address displacement as a broad and multilayered phenomenon. A series of illustrative case studies drawn from around the globe provide causal accounts of why and how displacement occurs, what its effects on communities, ecosystems, and economies look like, and the normative or ethical positions held by key actors involved. Contributors offer economic, political, and cultural analyses, as well as extensive ethnographic field research, to present a picture of displacement that illustrates the depth and the breadth of the issue.

About the Author

Peter Vandergeest is an associate professor of sociology and Director of the York Centre for Asian Research at York University. Pablo Idahosa is an associate professor in social sciences and Coordinator of the African Studies Program, York University. Pablo S. Bose is a lecturer in the International Development Studies Program at Trent University and a research associate with the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University.